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[Anonymous No.20997112]

Why haven't you read either Baker's Peregrine or Matthiessen's Snow Leopard yet, /lit/?

[Anonymous No.20997134]

What was the name of that book with a guy who lived with a bunch of wildcats and started going insane

[Anonymous No.20997139]

>>20997112
why should I

[Anonymous No.20997157]

>>20997112
Because I have better things to do

[Anonymous No.20997159]

>>20997139
They are both wonderful books full of wisdom and beautiful prose. Wisdom skewed towards a Zen outlook on life, especially in the case of Snow Leopard. If you like animals, travelling, the great outdoors, and nature in general, or if you are misanthropic and ever dreamt of abandoning society, you should read both.

[Anonymous No.20997168]

>>20997134
Google search is turning up a man named Mike Tomkies. Is this who you're asking about?

[Anonymous No.20997252]

>>20997168
It could be, after searching through Google I can't find anything else. You know when you search for something and start coming to the conclusion that maybe you just imagined what you were looking for after all? Feeling that right now.

[Anonymous No.20997507]

>>20997112
Bumping for interest

[Anonymous No.20997572]

>>20997159
alright I might give them a chance

[Anonymous No.20997607]

>>20997159
>If you like animals, travelling, the great outdoors, and nature in general, or if you are misanthropic and ever dreamt of abandoning society, you should read both.
Which book should I read first even I'm mostly leaning towards the latter rather than the former

[Anonymous No.20997649]

>>20997112
Where should I start if I'm interested?

[Anonymous No.20998205]

>>20997112
The Peregrine audiobook is narrated by fucking David Attenborough and it’s just as excellent as you would expect

[Anonymous No.20998235]

i've read the peregrine and liked it, guess i'll read the snow leopard too
thanks for the rec friendo

[Anonymous No.20998238]

>>20997159
You write like a fag

[Anonymous No.20998245]

>>20997112
Because I’m reading the selected works of John Muir’s memoirs.

[Anonymous No.20999207]

>>20998245
Is Muir anything like Thoreau for example?
Is there a lot of reflection/philosophy in his writings?

[Anonymous No.20999212]

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[Anonymous No.20999229]

Not read either of those, but I did read Kestrel for a Knave and then The Goshawk a while ago, back to back. Kestrel left a much more lasting impact on me and was quite powerful. I remember The Goshawk sort of going to shit when the stupid bastard lost his hawk. I considered reading The Peregrine afterwards but I was a bit sick of birds by then.

[Anonymous No.20999240]

>>20997112
I recently reviewed Sy Montgomery's The Hummingbird's Gift.

Sy Montgomery's The Hummingbird's Gift was a sublime book about "air wrapped in light". It tells the story of Brenda, a woman who has dedicated much of her life to rehabilitating hummingbirds.

There is a mix of poetry and scientific details in this book. We learn that the life of a hummingbird can be quite a struggle. They are attracted to the color red, even frequently colliding with red cars, and are extremely sensitive to pesticides. Having fast metabolisms, they consume half their body weight in bugs and nectar, feeding every 10-15 minutes. Each minute, they flap their wings 4000 times, breathe 250 times, and beat their hearts 500 times. Additionally, they compete with each other for nectar-bearing flowers, as well as watch out for predators such as eagles, owls, cats, fish, and others. "Each is just a speck -- a firefly, a flash, a brilliant atom. Yet each is an infinite mystery" (50).

This story follows Brenda raising and helping two rescued baby Allen's hummingbirds until they are released into the wild. Every twenty minutes, she has to feed the baby hummingbirds: she has to do this very carefully and delicately, or they may pop. Essentially, hummingbirds are little balls of air with many large air sacs. "They are little more than bubbles fringed with iridescent feathers -- air wrapped in light" (17).

Her setup includes small baskets as well as outside cages for fledging. Raising these tiny creatures requires Brenda to use a magnifying glass, and hummingbirds face a serious obstacle in the form of mites. By using qtips and microwaving nests, Brenda is able to eliminate mites with a very precise and methodical process. While grounded in an arduous reality, there is much tenderness and compassion. Still, hummingbirds are awe-inspiring like glimmering, sleek jewels

I was amazed at how aware and curious hummingbirds are. When the Allen's hummingbirds are finally released into the wild, we see how adaptable they are, learning from experience to outwit each other for feeding on flowers and avoiding predators. They also ask for help from those who have helped them in the past. "Hummingbirds are curious and astute observers. Backyard hummers quickly learn to recognize individual humans and approach people who feed them -- even if they are not carrying food. (Sometimes they'll hover at windows to attract a particular person to come out and refill an empty feeder)... Many folks who feed hummers report that if they're slow to get their feeders out in the spring, hummers show up and hover right where the feeder used to hang the year before" (67).

Overall, I would highly recommend The Hummingbirds' Gift. It helps deepen compassion for all sentient beings. It shows that no matter how small one is, it is the bigness of the heart that counts... And, man, do hummingbirds have big hearts!

[Anonymous No.20999249]

>>20997112
I want to read Izaak Walton

[Anonymous No.20999678]

The Peregrine has some of the most consistently good prose you'll find anywhere. It's a very strange book that isn't really like a lot of the crap it gets compared to (such as H is for Hawk). It's not like the Goshawk either. It's very primal and sad. The Snow Leopard wanders a bit but much of it is quite good. The one chapter that opens with him talking about the pretty girl beggar has stuck with me for years. Add in Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek or Holy the Firm and you have three of the best non-fiction books ever written about the natural world.

[Anonymous No.21000638]

Any more nature (fiction) recs?

[Anonymous No.21001237]

bump

[Anonymous No.21001380]

is this what you’re looking for